Archive for August, 2017

On August 12th, the Teamsters Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee proudly partnered up with Teamsters National Black Caucus – Chicago Chapter at the Bud Billiken Day Parade. Members barbecued and gave out school bags filled with school supplies that were graciously donated by the following sponsors: Teamsters Joint Council 25 Teamsters Local 458M Teamsters Local […]

With five arbitrations looming against River North Parking, Teamsters Local 727 has filed three new unfair labor practice charges against the company as a result of its failure to process three of the arbitrations and its refusal to provide information to the Union. Two of the arbitrations are scheduled to be heard on September 11, […]

Cremation Society’s ‘One Man Bargaining Unit’ Theory Dashed On August 28, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Teamsters Local Union No. 727 and against Cremation Society of Illinois and Olson Burke/Sullivan Funeral & Cremation Center. Central to the case was Olson Burke/Sullivan’s attempt to renege on all obligations under its Union contract […]

Teamsters Local 727 recently filed three unfair labor practice charges against Buddy’s Parking. The charges were filed as a result of Buddy’s refusal to bargain over the effects of its alleged permanent layoff of union employees at 2 E. Oak St. in Chicago, its refusal to process grievances, and its refusal to provide information to […]

Teamsters Joint Council 25 held the first of two annual steward training sessions on Saturday, August 19, at UnionHall, 1300 W. Higgins Rd., in Park Ridge. 10 stewards from Teamsters Local 727 attended the training session, in which participants were briefed on a range of topics including Weingarten Rights, grievance and arbitration procedures and the […]

TEAMSTER LICENSE PLATES

Illinois drivers can purchase Teamster specialty license plates for registered vehicles. Plates can be purchased for all passenger vehicles, B-trucks and vans weighing 8,000 pounds or less. Teamster license plates can be purchased or renewed through the Secretary of State’s website, by mail, by phone at (800) 252-8980 or by visiting a driver services facility.

TOP LOCAL 727 NEWS

Write your State Representative and Senator, Demand they Oppose a State Parking Tax Last week, Governor Pritzker released his “Rebuild Illinois” capital plan which proposes a 6-9% state parking tax be added on top of Chicago and Cook County’s already high parking tax rates in order to finance improvements to Illinois’ infrastructure. The addition of […]

Longtime Teamsters Local 727 member Rashonda Hudson was featured on the cover of this morning’s Chicago Tribune after attending Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s inauguration yesterday. Hudson was quoted as saying, “I want it to be known that [Lori Lightfoot] supports the labor movement and the women out here working to support our families… She will make […]